The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English;: or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and ModernBoyer, Abel
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The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English;: or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern
Boyer, Abel
Anecdotes; Wit and humor
_King Pyrrhus_ having beat the _Romans_ in two Battles, wherein he
had lost a great many of his Men, said to his Friends: _If I win
a third battel at the same rate, we are undone without hopes of
Recovery_.
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Le Roy _Pyrrhus_, aprés avoir gagné contre les _Romains_ deux
Batailles où il avoit perdu beaucoup de Monde, dit à ses amis: _Si
je gagne encore de même une troisiéme Bataille nous sommes perdus
sans ressource_.
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_Epaminondas_ viewing the sumptuous Preparations which were making
for a Feast in a Sacrifice, to which he had been invited, he went
his way, and said: _I am called to a Sacrifice, and I find my self
in a Debauch_.
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_Epaminondas_ voyant l’appareil somptueux d’un Festin qui se
faisoit en un sacrifice où on l’avoit invité, il se retira, disant:
_On m’appelle à un Sacrifice, & je me trouve à une Debauche_.
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The Captain _Chabrias_ said, _That an Army of Harts commanded by a
Lion, is more formidable than an Army of Lions commanded by a Hart_.
142
Le Capitaine _Chabrias_ disoit, _qu’une Armée de Cerfs conduite par
un Lion est plus formidable qu’une Armée de Lions commandée par un
Cerf_.
143
A Cripple going to the Wars, some People that saw him walk, laughed
at his design: _Do not wonder at me_, said he to them, _I do not go
to the Wars with design to run away, but to encounter the Enemy,
and die in the same Rank wherein I shall be placed_.
143
Un Boiteux allant à la Guerre, quelques-uns qui le voyoient
marcher, se rioient de son dessein: _Ne vous ètonnez pas_, leur
dit-il, _je ne vais pas à la Guerre à dessein de fuïr, mais pour
faire tête aux Ennemis, & mourir dans le même rang où l’on m’aura
placé_.
144
King _Philip_ seeing his Son _Alexander_ extream active and nimble,
encouraged him to run a race in the _Olympick_ Games: _I would
willingly undertake it_, answered he, _if those that were to run
with me for the prize were Kings_.
144
Le Roy _Philippe_ voyant son Fils _Alexandre_ extremement souple
& agile, l’excitoit à combattre à la course dans les jeux
_Olympiques_: _Je le ferois volontiers_, lui répondit-il, _si ceux
qui me disputeroient le prix étoient des Rois_.
145
In the War which _Marius_ was waging against the _Teutones_, his
Soldiers complaining of extream Thirst, he shewed them a River that
was very near the Enemies Camp: _Thither_, said he, _you must go to
quench your Thirst_.
145
Dans la Guerre que _Marius_ fit aux _Teutons_, ses Soldats se
plaignant d’une extreme soif, il leur montra un Fleuve qui ètoit
fort proche du Camp des Ennemis: _C’est là_, leur dit-il, _qu’il
vous faut aller éteindre vôtre soif_.
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